End of Cold War Review

Which new Soviet policy granted the people of the USSR more decision making power and greater access to private ownership of businesses?

• perestroika

• glasnost

• democratization

• shock therapy

What did NOT lead to the collapse of the USSR?

• the growth of resistance movements

• the policies of Mikhail Gorbachev

• the failures of communist economic systems

• the creation of the United Nations

Perestroika was...

•  Khrushchev's policy of aggression w/ U.S. 

• Gorbachev' policy of reform and restructuring in the USSR

• Russian term for admiration of a comrade 

• Capital of Sudetenland

After the fall of the USSR, what did many parts of the former USSR do?

• Attempted to reestablish communism

• Break away from Soviet Union and become independent

• Establish their own communist government

• Change their economic system to the command economy system

Glasnost and perestroika were Gorbachev’s policies of _____ and _____ for the Soviet Union.

• openness; rebuilding

• openness; honesty

• rebuilding; honesty

• rebuilding; restructuring

What event marked the symbolic end of the Cold War?

• The signing of the NATO treaty

• The launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union

• The fall of the Berlin Wall

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

Countries west of the iron curtain formed a military alliance called NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). What type of government did these countries have?

• Communist

• Capitalist

• Dictatorship

• Republic

Which countries were divided during the Cold War between Communist and non-communist?

• France, Italy, and Spain

• Germany, Korea, and Vietnam

• USA, Canada, and Mexico

• China, Japan, and India

What were the East European countries called that were under the control of the USSR?

• Axis states

• Allied states

• Satellite states or "puppet" states

• Independent states

What did the superpowers USA and Soviet Union compete in during the Cold War?

• Sports and entertainment

• Technology, Military, and Economically

• Cultural exchanges and diplomacy

• Territorial expansion